COMPARE
is used to compare pairs of the sorted
vocabulary lists produced by the companion program WORDLIST. It simply displays the combined
frequencies for any words which appear in
both lists. The results may then be saved to compare with other
lists in the common format used by WORDLIST or COMPARE. The main control screen
simply requires the names of two files containing lists of words
already generated. If a file of a given name cannot be found, or
is not in a comparable format, an error message will be
displayed.
A series of texts may also be directly compared according to
their vocabulary usage
If the
text to be read is in a language other than English, use the
pull-down menu to apply the correct lexicographic conventions.